diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 086952b4..4cd2db91 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ endif()
 install(FILES doc/xml2-config.1 DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man1 COMPONENT documentation)
 install(FILES doc/xmlcatalog.1 DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man1 COMPONENT documentation)
 install(FILES doc/xmllint.1 DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man1 COMPONENT documentation)
-install(DIRECTORY doc/ DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/doc/libxml2 COMPONENT documentation
+install(DIRECTORY doc/ DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR} COMPONENT documentation
 	PATTERN "Makefile.*" EXCLUDE
 	PATTERN "*.1" EXCLUDE
 	PATTERN "*.py" EXCLUDE